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[OPINION] Our BPO workers are essential in this pandemic
We've passed the second week of the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), and we BPO workers have already transitioned to work-at-home arrangements, working in shifts following company and...
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[OPINYON] Ang espasyo sa panahon ng coronavirus
Paano ba maipapaliwanag sa ating mga kababayang nasa laylayan ng lipunan ang parating sinasabi ng Department of Health at mga frontliners na huwag lumabas ng bahay dahil naka-enhanced community...
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IN PHOTOS: The catastrophe of overcrowded jails during the coronavirus
MANILA, Philippines – Based on current reports, the number of detainees incarcerated in our penal system is still 500% over capacity. This does not include persons kept in police stations awaiting...
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[ANALYSIS] May pera nga ba? Does Duterte have money to fight COVID-19?
There are already flashes of social unrest.On Wednesday, April 1, residents from Sitio San Roque, an urban poor community in Quezon City, went out of their houses on rumors that aid was being...
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[FIRST PERSON] Barangay Captain Filomena Cinco speaks on the coronavirus
The following is a first-person account by Barangay Captain Filomena Cinco of Sampaloc, Manila, on the state of her community during the coronavirus crisis. This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2,...
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[OPINION] A reflection on Kap Mena, Estero de San Miguel, and the coronavirus
The following is a reflection by social anthropologist Mary Racelis on a first-person account by Barangay Captain Filomena Cinco on the state of her community during the coronavirus crisis. This is...
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[OPINION] Duterte’s callous disregard for health workers’ lives
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has a perverse message for health workers who have died of COVID-19 contracted in the country’s struggle against the novel coronavirus: Be grateful.Duterte on March...
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[ANALYSIS] Challenges facing social amelioration for the coronavirus
The government has recently launched the "Social Amelioration Package" (SAP) as part of its response to the COVID-19 crisis. According to the Joint Memorandum on SAP, the aim of government’s social...
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[OPINION] China’s 2020 Fool’s Year
For China, every day is April Fool’s Day. But the world is not buying. While it attempted to spin the story that the virus came from the US, and that it is now saving the world in supposedly helping...
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[REFLECTIONS] Glimpses of God’s presence amid a pandemic
It’s a first in world history: an online Holy Week for millions of people, even in Vatican City, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rappler presents a series of reflections to help you, our reader,...
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[OPINYON] Wala na sa hospital ang laban, tayo na ang nasa front line
From Day 1, ang mindset natin ay nasa hospital ang labanan, na ang kaligtasan nating lahat ay nakasalalay sa ating health care frontliners. Tama naman, kasi health emergency ang COVID-19 higit sa...
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[OPINION] Constitutional basics in a pandemic
The past couple of days witnessed a flurry of events, many of which are legal in character – from the summons of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto to the statement...
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[REFLECTIONS] Why, Lord?
It’s a first in world history: an online Holy Week for millions of people, even in Vatican City, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rappler presents a series of reflections to help you, our reader,...
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[ANALYSIS] How everyday technology is saving us
We should not lose sight of the myriad, positive – and often overlooked or forgotten – ways in which our day-to-day lives have already assimilated high-tech innovations in ways big and small.From...
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[OPINION] When people cut in line, and other lockdown shopping woes
I've seen posts from friends saying that we're currently in a post-apocalyptic movie or series of sorts. Instead of dodging zombies to avoid being eaten alive, we avoid people for fear of contracting...
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[OPINION] The coronavirus truth bomb
For a moment there – even if it felt like a lengthy purgatorial sentence – much of the global population lived in what came to be known as the "post-truth" world. “Alternative facts” and “fake news”...
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[OPINYON | Wikapedia] Paanyayang magsulat ng COVID-19 – Coronavirus Dagli
Noong Marso 31 nang gabi, o ka-hatinggabi, nakatanggap pa kami ng huling hirit sa #DionaTweet mula kay Twitter user Corona Virus Disease (COVID)-19: the virus and the Monstranceduel to death in a...
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[OPINION] My organization assists victims of war; what does COVID-19 mean for...
If the first casualty in war is truth, as the saying goes, the second may very well be something the entire world values highly right now: quality health care.Families fleeing conflict or currently in...
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[OPINION | Dash of SAS] How do you stay at home when home is a dangerous place?
The directive to stay at home is meant to prevent the coronavirus from spreading and infecting others, but for those for whom home is not a safe place, this leaves them trapped. For many who live with...
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[OPINYON] Itong hayop na productivity
Dahil wala akong bagahe ng pang-araw-araw na suliranin sa karaniwang trabaho ko noong pre-COVID-19 quarantine, ngayong panahon sana masarap maging productive. If you know what I mean. Nasa loob lang...
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